The Top Movies of Tuesday, March 17, 2009

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Race to Witch Mountain	Walt Disney Pictures	Adventure	$1,857,175	-1.93%	3,187	$583	$28,153,152	5
2	(2)	Watchmen	Warner Bros.	Action	$1,255,231	-22.10%	3,611	$348	$88,618,650	12
3	(3)	The Last House on the Left	Universal	Horror	$935,475	-18.83%	2,401	$390	$16,206,640	5
4	(4)	Taken	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$521,650	-7.23%	2,858	$183	$127,836,012	47
5	(5)	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$457,432	-1.83%	2,578	$177	$133,526,205	126
6	(6)	Madea Goes To Jail	Lionsgate	Comedy	$379,963	-2.59%	2,203	$172	$83,957,604	26
7	(7)	Coraline	Focus Features	Adventure	$362,377	+5.44%	1,768	$205	$69,946,903	40
8	(8)	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$338,543	+3.81%	2,281	$148	$138,450,630	61
9	(9)	He's Just Not That Into You	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$276,384	-10.59%	1,890	$146	$89,623,755	40
10	(10)	Miss March	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$254,317	-6.99%	1,742	$146	$2,936,899	5
11	(11)	Confessions of a Shopaholic	Walt Disney Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$217,345	+3.58%	1,591	$137	$41,722,335	33
12	(12)	Fired Up	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$154,852	+2.23%	1,518	$102	$15,736,432	26
13	(14)	The Reader	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$118,524	+3.56%	1,175	$101	$32,120,220	98
14	(13)	Gran Torino	Warner Bros.	Drama	$118,040	-11.46%	1,102	$107	$144,080,811	96
15	(15)	Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience	Walt Disney Pictures	Concert/Performance	$110,731	+7.90%	968	$114	$18,454,943	19
16	(16)	Hotel for Dogs	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$108,881	+16.84%	804	$135	$70,242,467	61
17	(18)	The Pink Panther 2	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$78,654	+18.08%	627	$125	$35,567,224	40
18	(17)	The International	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$66,694	-0.53%	549	$121	$25,108,837	33
19	(19)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$64,471	+0.85%	50	$1,289	$3,353,871	33
20	(20)	Push	Summit Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$54,812	+1.01%	615	$89	$30,673,603	40
-	(23)	The Wrestler	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$45,917	+10.21%	456	$101	$25,538,170	91
-	(21)	Friday the 13th	Warner Bros.	Horror	$44,305	-9.95%	780	$57	$64,455,416	33
-	(22)	Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li	20th Century Fox	Action	$40,116	-6.13%	453	$89	$8,241,288	19
-	(26)	Doubt	Miramax	Drama	$31,857	+11.26%	275	$116	$32,948,712	96
-	(24)	Twilight	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$30,248	-6.81%	338	$89	$191,160,731	117
-	(25)	The Uninvited	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$28,311	-8.79%	411	$69	$28,192,443	47
-	(27)	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$24,533	+1.80%	281	$87	$126,580,991	83
-	(28)	Inkheart	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$24,178	+10.51%	289	$84	$16,886,412	54
-	(29)	Milk	Focus Features	Drama	$21,452	+5.10%	228	$94	$31,590,878	112
-	(31)	Marley & Me	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$19,179	+15.71%	222	$86	$142,647,511	83
-	(32)	New in Town	Lionsgate	Romantic Comedy	$17,903	+10.75%	239	$75	$16,588,474	47
-	(34)	Bride Wars	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$16,662	+10.57%	186	$90	$58,166,612	68
-	(33)	Revolutionary Road	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$16,512	+9.27%	181	$91	$22,606,868	82
-	(35)	Defiance	Paramount Vantage	Drama	$15,595	+7.66%	202	$77	$28,290,830	77
-	(36)	Last Chance Harvey	Overture Films	Drama	$14,795	+6.46%	203	$73	$14,442,184	83
-	(30)	Sunshine Cleaning	Overture Films	Comedy	$14,367	-18.17%	4	$3,592	$251,115	5
-	(37)	Frost/Nixon	Universal	Drama	$12,815	+7.64%	182	$70	$18,500,166	103
-	(38)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$11,818	+2.90%	4	$2,955	$37,602,854	1,111
-	(39)	Crossing Over	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$10,800	+13.10%	12	$900	$292,524	19
-	(40)	Yes Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$7,722	-2.29%	102	$76	$97,569,822	89
-	(41)	Valkyrie	United Artists	Thriller/Suspense	$6,430	-9.63%	167	$39	$83,002,654	83
-	(43)	Were the World Mine	SPEAKproductions	Musical	$47	-21.85%	1	$47	$120,845	138
-	(42)	Live Fast, Die Young	Riverrain	Drama	$21	-85.26%	1	$21	$19,622	145

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